The Prognostic Value of T Wave Amplitude in Lead aVR in Males

• Published in: Annals of noninvasive electrocardiology Vol. 13; no. 2; pp. 113 - 119
• Main Authors: Tan, Swee Y., Engel, Gregory, Myers, Jonathan, Sandri, Marcus, Froelicher, Victor F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malden, USA Blackwell Publishing Inc 01.04.2008
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Atrial Fibrillation - diagnosis; Atrial Fibrillation - mortality; Atrial Fibrillation - therapy; Cardiovascular Diseases - diagnosis; Cardiovascular Diseases - mortality; Cardiovascular Diseases - therapy; cardiovascular mortality; Cause of Death; Chi-Square Distribution; Cohort Studies; electrocardiography; Electrocardiography - methods; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Odds Ratio; Original; Predictive Value of Tests; Prognosis; Proportional Hazards Models; Retrospective Studies; Risk Assessment; Sensitivity and Specificity; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; Survival Analysis

Background: Since there is an uncertainty regarding which of the 12 leads provides the most information, we investigated the association between repolarization phenomenon in all of the 12 leads and cardiovascular (CV) mortality. Methods: Retrospective cohort study was performed at Palo Alto Veterans...